There are so many things that contribute to breakouts, from genetics to hormones to lifestyle and yes, your diet. But rest assured coffee lovers, “There isn’t evidence to support that coffee itself can directly cause acne,” board-certified dermatologist Ramya Garlapati, M.D., tells mbg. “However, there is some supportive evidence that the way coffee is consumed can potentially lead to acne,” she notes. Depending on how your body reacts to caffeine, the way you drink it, how much you consume, etc....

A few years after, I took it further into veganism, which lasted four years. Vegetarians typically only exclude meat (and eat things like eggs and dairy), while vegans avoid all products related to animals including meat, dairy, eggs, and items such as leather. I never felt restricted, but after seven years of no meat, I chose to abandon my plant-based diet. I still refrain from eating beef, pork, and most dairy, but I’ve expanded my diet to include chicken, turkey, and fish....

Let me explain. First of all, there’s chocolate and then there’s “chocolate.” Food manufacturers use the word “chocolate” the same way that magazines plaster the word “SEX” in bold all-caps 92-point font on their covers — because it helps them sell their product. Similarly, companies need only put the word “CHOCOLATE” on their syrup, water, nougat, or breakfast cereal, and consumers are more likely to purchase it. If you’re eating candy, it’s not chocolate....

The long hours of my job, the late night pizza runs, the company cafeteria, and the constant barrage of baked goods in the office (not to mention solo midnight trips to the corner market for my favorite indulgences) had me quickly outgrowing my clothes and feeling increasingly moody and tired. For the first time in my life, I was truly overweight. Then one day, it dawned on me: the reason I couldn’t lose weight —or keep off the weight I did lose—stemmed from using programs that weren’t right for me....

Here, dietitians and nutrition experts share the basics of magnesium absorption and explain how long the supplement typically stays in the body—and what that means about when to take it. A large portion of the population in Western countries2 does not get enough magnesium from food alone, hence why dietary supplements have utility and have also become so popular3. “It’s estimated that 43% of U.S. adults4 currently fail to meet their daily magnesium needs through diet alone, which is over 100 million adults, to put this nutrient gap in perspective,” Ferira expounds....

To get a (literal) taste of Eat Better, Feel Better, check out the excerpt and recipe below. Enjoy Giada’s other recipes and self-care guidance by purchasing your own copy here. A lot of factors brought me to this point. My 40s were an incredible career-building period: I opened three restaurants and launched a website and e-commerce business, all while shooting multiple cooking shows in LA, NYC, and Italy and raising a daughter as a single mom....

The exercise that sunk me was a seemingly simple, low-intensity movement called the negative pull-up: essentially jumping up to hold my chin above a bar, then slowly lowering myself down using my body weight as the force. The trainer had me doing six sets of four reps each, but by the third set, I physically couldn’t hold myself up anymore without assistance. In hindsight, I should have called it quits, but not knowing that rhabdo even existed, I pushed through it....